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Has the Vatican abandoned beauty?

Has the Vatican abandoned beauty?

15 July 2023

9:00 AM

15 July 2023

9:00 AM

The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the Cambridge-shire market town of Ely is one of the supreme achievements of European Gothic architecture. Its octagonal tower lifts the eye to a sumptuously restored wooden lantern from which Christ looks down in majesty.

On the last Friday in June, his gaze fell on a congregation worshipping him at Evensong.

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